Optimize your health with Nutrition Counseling

At Geneva Woods, we approach nutrition how we approach all health care:

We focus on the whole person, using the bio-psycho-social model to help your find the best solutions for your unique needs.

Our nutritionist, Mariah McKee, RD, is not beholden to any specific way of eating (keto, paleo, vegan, GF, etc.), and is thus able to give the most current, evidence-based guidance on how to improve one’s nutrition, without bias in favor of any specific dietary dogma. She takes the time to get a picture of a person’s lifestyle, food preferences, goals, time constraints, and financial means, so that she can make recommendations that clients can incorporate into their lives without struggle or stress.

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There has never been more misinformation and fear-mongering around food and specific ingredients aimed at the public than there is in the present moment, thanks to social media. It can be hard for folks to know what is truly best for their health, and what they truly need to avoid. It is an unfortunate fact that MDs, DOs, NPs and PAs receive essentially almost no nutrition training whatsoever in their schooling (even family practice), so they are often incapable of giving any but the most vague advice about how to improve one’s nutrition, unless they have pursued continuing education in this specific field. Naturopathic Doctors can be great sources of information on nutrition, but many have biases in favor of specific ways of eating (e.g. gluten-free, vegan, fully-organic, etc.) that may be burdensome and/or overly restrictive for many folks, and often recommend supplements, some of which have good evidence behind their use, and some of which do not.

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Aside from some herbal galactagogues specifically for breastmilk supply, our office does not sell supplements, which is just one of many ways in which we aim to avoid conflicts of interest in the recommendations we make to clients. We also do not resell lab tests, such as for hormone levels or food allergies, so any testing recommendations we make are from third party labs who bill insurance directly for their testing. A Registered Dietician like Mariah can help you make a plan that works for you and your life for whatever your goals may be. 

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Mariah is in the credentialing process with all private payers, and will be enrolled with Medicaid as well. Appointments with her will be available in April, 2025. It should be noted that while Alaska Medicaid normally doesn’t cover nutrition therapy codes for anyone over 18, they do cover a large number of visits for pregnant recipients. Whether it’s for the management of gestational diabetes, or just for improving nutrient intake during pregnancy and learning lifelong health maintenance habits for afterwards, we are happy to provide nutrition care to Medicaid recipients during their pregnancies!